Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): 17-8-2023 Technical warm up with target aiming and mannequins (Start Time: 2023-08-17 09:30:00)

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⚽Practice Organization

• This is a very good and effective warm up exercises for our team and it is recommended for small groups of players
• This exercises can be set into 3 different sites on the pitch for even better execution practicality
• This exercises requires the players to collaborate and aim/hit the target while being on movement

⚽Key Coaching Points

• Players are positioned in a queue
• Coach Gives the signal(whistle) and the exercise starts
• Players are expected to pass the ball (forward) and move on avoiding the intermediate mannequins
• Players are expected to execute a 1-2 collaboration  
• The ball should be always on move
• As the players familiarize with the exercise we should gradually increase the running intensity and the power of the pass
• Players have to follow the passing sequence demonstrated in the above figure
• The finishing has to be realistic strong and accurate (imagine this is a prospective future pass, assist or goal attempt)
•  When reaching the finishing point, players have to change position and reset the exercise from the other side
• We hold this exercise for 5:00 minutes
• It is very significant to note that after the finishing our players who executed the finish have to collect the ball from the post and move around the top left/right stick respectively
• They should pass the balls back and wait for the restart of the exercise
• Accordingly the ball feeder (player who executed the last pass has runs quickly around the blue stick which is positioned Infront of him and wait there for the upcoming balls
• Coach guide the players and assist them with the execution process, ball provision and feedback
• Players should communicate during the execution process and synchronization is needed
• Players have to collect their ball quickly in order to avoid blocking the post